Good News From Our Local Hy-Vee!
We received word Tuesday that our local HyVee has selected FRC as the benefiting non-profit agency for the month of November in HyVee’s reusable bag program that supports local non-profits. Hy-Vee will donate $1.00 to FRC for every reusable bag purchased at Hy-Vee in Carroll during the month of November! Sherry G. will be sending […]
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Carroll Tiger Vision Project Benefits FRC
With their Homecoming Week activities currently underway, Carroll High School students came up with a great idea to benefit FRC. Since TP’ing is not allowed, they developed a unique alternative! Tiger Vision was approached by multiple groups to hold a Toilet Paper Drive at the JV football game and Powderpuff on Monday, September 30. They […]
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Extremely busy at Family Resource Center in Carroll
The past week was extremely busy at Family Resource Center in Carroll! We are excited to share these recent happenings with you: “Give Where You Live” From August 26th through September 9th, Maurice’s in Carroll ran a special ”Give Where You Live” Denim Drive, offering 25% off a new pair of jeans to anyone trading […]
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FRC Assists Client Mobility
Family Resource Center client, Maxwell Scherf, 10, was recently the recipient of a handicapped-accessible bicycle through the generosity of several FRC community donors. Maxwell currently receives supported community living and respite services from the Family Resource Center. Bradi Burr, Family Resource Center coordinator who oversees the services Maxwell receives from FRC, said, “Maxwell has Type […]
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Member of the Month Leroy J. Some of the qualities we think are very deserving towards making Leroy our member of the month are… Leroy is 1 of a kind. Making sure that things keep clean. He never hesitates to hold the door open for everybody. He likes to help people. Leroy makes sure the […]
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Alliant Energy Foundation Awards $2,500 Grant To FRC For Crisis Care Program Services On Wednesday, December 11, Mason Adams, Alliant Energy Key Account Manager from Ames and Andy Krieger, Alliant Energy Supervisor of Customer Operations for Perry, Jefferson, and Carroll, presented a check for $2,500 to Family Resource Center for expansion of its Crisis Program, […]
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On Wednesday, December 18, Mary Schon (center), parish representative from St. John Paul II Parish in Carroll, and Beth Glynn, Family Resource Center board member, delivered blankets and toiletries to FRC Executive Director Tim Nichols (left). The donations, made by parishioners of the combined Holy Spirit and St. Lawrence parishes, included blankets for Christmas gifts […]
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Member of the Month Leroy J. Some of the qualities we think are very deserving towards making Leroy our member of the month are… Leroy is 1 of a kind. Making sure that things keep clean. He never hesitates to hold the door open for everybody. He likes to help people. Leroy makes sure the […]
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In the beginning, they didn’t know each other. Anxiety abounded as they considered moving out of their familiar surroundings into a group home. What if they didn’t like each other? What if they didn’t like the same TV shows, but had only one TV in the house? What if they couldn’t get along? Fortunately, Holly […]
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“Hope” is a word that now has a very personal and deeper meaning for Derrick and Brittany Thygesen, both employees of Family Resource Center in Carroll. On August 26, Derrick, FRC’s Chief Financial Officer, and Brittany, a Licensed Practical Nurse in FRC’s Day Habilitation program, learned that their infant daughter, Avery, now 8 weeks old, […]
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